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Healing the scar: idealism, Africa and British policy under Blair (2009)
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (2009). Healing the scar: idealism, Africa and British policy under Blair. African Affairs, 108(432), 435-451. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adp024

This article examines the British government's commitment to Africa during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister. Drawing on interviews with politicians from across the political spectrum and with officials involved in Africa policy, it shows how Briti... Read More about Healing the scar: idealism, Africa and British policy under Blair.

Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan (2009)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies, 43(2), 591-618. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X07003423

When is a modern religious education also a modern democratic education? Drawing on research conducted in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2003–2005), this question is addressed with reference to the views of those who draw upon the resources of loc... Read More about Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan.

Political Studies in the UK: A Twenty-First Century Health Check (2009)
Journal Article
Harrison, L., & Saez, L. (2009). Political Studies in the UK: A Twenty-First Century Health Check. European Political Science, 8(3), 345-355. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2009.18

This article consists of a short summary of the notable historical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of political science as an academic discipline in the UK. We provide an assessment of the state of the discipline today, focussing upon curr... Read More about Political Studies in the UK: A Twenty-First Century Health Check.

Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf (2009)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf. Asian Survey, 49(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2009.49.1.16

Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 and national elections in February 2008, Pakistan struggled to distance itself from the discredited military regime of President (General) Pervez Musharraf. Competition between the Pakist... Read More about Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf.

Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred (2009)
Journal Article
Hopgood, S. (2009). Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred. European Journal of International Relations, 15(2), 229-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066109103138

Capitalist modernity's paradox is to erode explicitly the social capital it relies on implicitly to mobilize people to act in concert when they share neither an identity nor an interest. Monetization and rules are the exemplary mechanisms for realizi... Read More about Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred.

China (2009)
Book Chapter
Wu, Z., Hu, X., & Manor-Percival, Y. (2009). China. In M. Holmes (Ed.), Competition Law and Practice: A Review of Major Jurisdictions. Cameron May

Aid-recipient sovereignty in historical context (2009)
Book Chapter
Fraser, A. (2009). Aid-recipient sovereignty in historical context. In L. Whitfield (Ed.), The Politics of Aid: African Strategies for Dealing with Donors (45-73). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199560172.003.0003

The previous chapter laid out a series of challenges to the rational actor model that has been widely used to analyse aid negotiations. It argued that the strategies recipients adopt in aid negotiations are heavily constrained by factors that go well... Read More about Aid-recipient sovereignty in historical context.